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>> on that same day, the obama administration had the exact same position. let's recall that they disavowed their own statement that they had put out earl earlier in the day in cairo. we had the same position. it's never too early to speak out for our values. we should have spoken out right away when the green revolution was up and starting when the mullahs in iran were attacking their people. we should not have called bashar al assad a reformer when he was providing guns on his own people. we should always stand up for pea peace, for democracy, for individual rights. and we should not be imposing these devastating defense cuts because what that does, when we ekwiv cate on our values, show that we're cutting our own defense, it makes us more weak, it projects weakness. when we look weak our adversaries are willing to test us and our allies are willing to test -- >> with all due respect that's a bunch of mularkemularkey. not a single thing he said is accurate. >> be specific. >> i will be very specific. number one, this lecture on embassy security, the congre
>> on that same day, the obama administration had the exact same position. let's recall that they disavowed their own statement that they had put out earl earlier in the day in cairo. we had the same position. it's never too early to speak out for our values. we should have spoken out right away when the green revolution was up and starting when the mullahs in iran were attacking their people. we should not have called bashar al assad a reformer when he was providing guns on his own...
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the numbers i take at face value your honor obama and the same way i did for the republicans in power the previous eight years. this is like the criticism i received from hilda solis, it was considered softball. why i didn't ask her why she isn't following up on governor romney's idea, we might create 4 million jobs. that's hardball, not softball. what's good is good, no matter who is in office. those numbers were good. not much more to it anyone who says i am being partisan is out of their mind. what a shame that the charge can be even made, let alone made by people i respect. honestly, people, more to life than who wins in november. stay with cramer. >>> next week, three big things, alcoa, i think they'll be hurt by chinese aluminum. yum, remember, i think they'll be hurt by kentucky fried chicken, and vertex, i think
the numbers i take at face value your honor obama and the same way i did for the republicans in power the previous eight years. this is like the criticism i received from hilda solis, it was considered softball. why i didn't ask her why she isn't following up on governor romney's idea, we might create 4 million jobs. that's hardball, not softball. what's good is good, no matter who is in office. those numbers were good. not much more to it anyone who says i am being partisan is out of their...
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congressman aaron shock, same things. coming up tonight. why should president obama be re-elected? what's his case? four years of economic failure. he's got overspending. overborrowing, a middle east foreign policy crisis and now a massive cover-up over benghazi and libya. what kind of case can joe biden make for obama when obama couldn't make the re-election case for himself? our next panel will try to break through on it. uncer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. . >>> welcome back to "the kudlow report." so the democrats are putting huge pressure on vice president biden to deliver in the wake of the president's denver debate failure and the failure the following week. they are putting all their eggs in joe biden's basket. okay. republicans baited a trap with big bird. the democrats fell right into it, hook, line and sinker, and with
congressman aaron shock, same things. coming up tonight. why should president obama be re-elected? what's his case? four years of economic failure. he's got overspending. overborrowing, a middle east foreign policy crisis and now a massive cover-up over benghazi and libya. what kind of case can joe biden make for obama when obama couldn't make the re-election case for himself? our next panel will try to break through on it. uncer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one...
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i think the obama team had a cardinal decision. they came close. >> maybe i'm old-fashioned, but i don't think you should call the vice president of the united states a jerk on national television, and i think you're wrong. secondly, i -- >> i'm just repeating what the focus group said, jared. this is what viewers were saying. this is what gloria borger said and all of the people who were on tv last night. >> jennifer, don't call the vice president a jerk on television regardless of what the focus groups say. show a little respect. >> you are backing two candidates that have called mr. romney a liar, a felon. >> i think that's wrong. >> i think that's wrong. >> not only do i think that's wrong, but on this very show tonight we said let's not use that language. listen more kiflly and be more respectful about the vice president? >> i haven't seen you writing op eds or decrying it. >> larry, tell jennifer that i've been completely -- let's show respect. >> there's a lot of name calling on both sides. >> i agree. >> not just on should
i think the obama team had a cardinal decision. they came close. >> maybe i'm old-fashioned, but i don't think you should call the vice president of the united states a jerk on national television, and i think you're wrong. secondly, i -- >> i'm just repeating what the focus group said, jared. this is what viewers were saying. this is what gloria borger said and all of the people who were on tv last night. >> jennifer, don't call the vice president a jerk on television...
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for obama, there's no free lunch from raising taxes either. they're both going to face, i think, very similar realities. as i like to say, the math is inexrabble. >> it isn't the same. the math isn't the same. i believe that if you do the right thing, you broaden the tax base, you take away the loopholes, i think that there is a nonstatic aspect. there's economic growth that can make up a difference, which is at the epicenter of that 5 trillion number. >> not just that, they both have very different attitudes about spending. >> but guys -- >> which they've highlighted. >> i think we're at a point now where we've figured out tax cuts don't pay for themselves. >> i disagree. tax cuts that last one year where you don't know what the next two, three, or four years is going to be. if we had a tax going on for a long time, i think it would be a big time boost to the economy. >> very, very quickly, guys. look, they've only got 30 days after the election. i know the negotiations have already started. what would a compromise look like that would please
for obama, there's no free lunch from raising taxes either. they're both going to face, i think, very similar realities. as i like to say, the math is inexrabble. >> it isn't the same. the math isn't the same. i believe that if you do the right thing, you broaden the tax base, you take away the loopholes, i think that there is a nonstatic aspect. there's economic growth that can make up a difference, which is at the epicenter of that 5 trillion number. >> not just that, they both...
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. >> erskine bowles, same question to you. if had a chance to advise obama and biden on what you want to hear about the deficit and the fiscal cliff, what would you tell them to say? are you not hearing now? >> to lead. lead from the front. just take on this enormous problem we have with economic growth. the best way to take that on is to reform the tax code, broaden the base, simplify the code, wipe out these tax expenditures and use that money to reduce rates, to encourage growth, and also to bring down the deficit. that's really attacked these entitlement problems. slow the rate of health care. make social security sustainably solvent. we can't afford to spend more in the next 17 largest countries and then to take that money and some of it invest it and let's invest it in those things that america has to invest in to be competitive globally. >> i would say those same things to the candidate of my party. >> lloyd, has wall street, has business, done enough to push politicians towards better solutions? >> the answer to that o
. >> erskine bowles, same question to you. if had a chance to advise obama and biden on what you want to hear about the deficit and the fiscal cliff, what would you tell them to say? are you not hearing now? >> to lead. lead from the front. just take on this enormous problem we have with economic growth. the best way to take that on is to reform the tax code, broaden the base, simplify the code, wipe out these tax expenditures and use that money to reduce rates, to encourage growth,...
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and it's -- at the same time, with president obama's improving chances, this went the opposite way. >> yeah, what's interesting here, the conventional wisdom people expect a status quo election. they expect the democrats will maintain the senate. they expect that republicans will maintain the house. but it's tightening and that could go in any direction. >> did you mention ohio? >> i did not. >> that's tightened up too. >> last i saw was five points. >> and watch -- >> ten previous. >> and watch what's going on at the presidential level. because that is important even though these aren't battleground states. i looked up the spread yesterday. if you look at the 2008 election, mid-september is where obama started to really separate from john mccain. and the graph just goes away. he starts running away with it right in mid-september. the graph this year if you look at the daily tracking polls goes the exact opposite way for obama. he was -- he had a pretty wide separation with romney and now it's completely converging. and that is a real problem for the obama campaign going in to novembe
and it's -- at the same time, with president obama's improving chances, this went the opposite way. >> yeah, what's interesting here, the conventional wisdom people expect a status quo election. they expect the democrats will maintain the senate. they expect that republicans will maintain the house. but it's tightening and that could go in any direction. >> did you mention ohio? >> i did not. >> that's tightened up too. >> last i saw was five points. >> and...
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the high in october 2007 i am actually surprised that the dow is still at 13,473 which is almost the same level as we were in 2007 because if i look at the presidential candidates today, if obama gets reelected i think the dow jones should be minus 13,473. if romney gets elected it should be minus 6,000. >> ythe market is up year to date. as you know october 1987 was not a friendly time. do you see anything underneath the hood that concerns you on that basis? >> yes. i mean, the previous person you interviewed said that everybody faced an increase. that is not what i see in the market place. government bonds, art, high end market, park avenue property market and equity and i think that the asset sizes are vulnerable in my view. >> i remember some time in the last 90 days you mentioned for the first time in a while you bought european stocks. are you still long european stocks? if not where would you get back into them? >> i am still long because i didn't buy that many. i don't buy them now. i think the lows that we have seen four months ago will be retested. maybe we'll not go down. you s
the high in october 2007 i am actually surprised that the dow is still at 13,473 which is almost the same level as we were in 2007 because if i look at the presidential candidates today, if obama gets reelected i think the dow jones should be minus 13,473. if romney gets elected it should be minus 6,000. >> ythe market is up year to date. as you know october 1987 was not a friendly time. do you see anything underneath the hood that concerns you on that basis? >> yes. i mean, the...
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i'm just informing my employees that an obama administration -- there's a good possibility we'll have to downsize again and that their futures might be jeopardize. >> okay. robert, you got a question? >> one of the reasons this e-mail has hit such a nerve is because people know you as the guy who built the largest home in america. you know, they know you for better or for worse as the guy with one of the biggest lifestyles that's been on the big screen recently. they have a hard time understanding how you could complain about your situation, your company's situation, or the effect on your employees when you're doing quite well right now. you mentioned your company's very profitable. you've paid off all your big debts. how do you answer those folks who raise that question? >> i am not worrying about myself. i'm worrying about my employees and their future. when the company was in need of money, i stopped construction on the house. i put all the money into the company. i work 24/7 running this company, and the last four years have not been very pleasant. if i have another four years lik
i'm just informing my employees that an obama administration -- there's a good possibility we'll have to downsize again and that their futures might be jeopardize. >> okay. robert, you got a question? >> one of the reasons this e-mail has hit such a nerve is because people know you as the guy who built the largest home in america. you know, they know you for better or for worse as the guy with one of the biggest lifestyles that's been on the big screen recently. they have a hard...
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. >> obama believed in capitalism and believes in a different type of capitalism than other people. the other point is that -- the same argument was made in '08 and the stock market went up 100%. >> after getting crunched on the way down. thank you very much. we tried. coming up, unchecked, unlimited union power. oh, my goodness. in 30 days michigan is going to vote on a union-backed ballot member to make unionizing a constitutionally protected right. the michigan governor joins me next. he has something to say about that. later on, mitt romney blasts obama's foreign policy calling for the u.s. to play a tougher role, especially in the middle ea east, and slamming obama saying hope is not a strategy. free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity. we need it in the middle east and need it in the usa to give us a 20,000 dow. i'm kudlow, and we'll be right back. >>> the industrial heartland was once a stronghold for organized labor, but in the wake of scott walker's courageous and successful efforts to curb out of control collective bargaining in wisconsin and indiana becoming
. >> obama believed in capitalism and believes in a different type of capitalism than other people. the other point is that -- the same argument was made in '08 and the stock market went up 100%. >> after getting crunched on the way down. thank you very much. we tried. coming up, unchecked, unlimited union power. oh, my goodness. in 30 days michigan is going to vote on a union-backed ballot member to make unionizing a constitutionally protected right. the michigan governor joins me...
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. >> i have my own plan, it's not the same as simpson-bowles but in my view the president should have grabbed it, if you wanted to make some adjustments to it, take it, go to congress, fight for it. >> and then here's president obama, who when asked about it and he kind of moved towards it but again, with president obama, he's had the opportunity to take an action towards it and hasn't. here's what he says. >> the way we do it is $2.50 for every cut, we ask for $1 of additional revenue, paid for as i indicated earlier by asking those of us who have done very well in this country to contribute a little bit more to reduce the deficit, and governor romney earlier mentioned the bowles-simpson commission, well that's how the commission bipartisan commission that talked about how we should move forward suggested we have to do it, in a balanced way with some revenue and some spending cuts. >> but of course notice he has not embraced it. i don't know, becky. i'd be more interested in your thoughts for where to take this now. >> you know, the thing that really struck me this week was chuck sch
. >> i have my own plan, it's not the same as simpson-bowles but in my view the president should have grabbed it, if you wanted to make some adjustments to it, take it, go to congress, fight for it. >> and then here's president obama, who when asked about it and he kind of moved towards it but again, with president obama, he's had the opportunity to take an action towards it and hasn't. here's what he says. >> the way we do it is $2.50 for every cut, we ask for $1 of...
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same store sales numbers are pumped up they say by actions or the money the fed is printing ending up in the coffers of retailers. they say it's artificial, not long lasting so bet against the retailers. they are not up for a good reason. sure it might be strong today but the hot ipos with the possible exception of linkedin skalted people. housing? according to the bears the numbers are relative to where they were it's not even meaningful to the economy. second battle, as plain as the hornet's nest or normandy beach in world war ii is the fiscal cliff. the bulls say it's not a cliff, more of a hill. a gentle and negotiated descent if it happens at all. to the bears it's one of the 2000-foot crevasses, an everest-style thing made worse by the fact the race for the presidency is so polarizing and long lasting. if you think it's difficult wait until the tea party owns the republican party in january. how about the earnings for 2013? want to see where the battlefield is most dark? consider the knife fight over fed ex press. the bears say this worldwide transport guided down not once but t
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not because of the politically obama bashers that rebel againsts the robust employment numbers. the stock market bears say forget about those numbers and i'm all washed out and the retail is an accident to happen. sa same-store sales are pumped up bike federal reserves accomodative actions or me on the fed is printing ending up in the coffers of retailers, artificial, not long lasting so you can bet against the retailers, not up for any good reason. real estate may be up but hot ip o's with the exception of linkedin have scalded people. and numbers are so small relative to where they were not meaningful to the economy. the second is plain as the hornets' nest such as an in world war ii, the fiscal cliff. bulls say wait a second. upon further review, not a cliff, more of a hill, a negotiated descent if it even happened at all. to the bears, a 2,000 foot crevasse ever vest style made worse by the fact the race for the president is polarizing and long lasting. just wait until the tea party owns the republican party in january. want to see where the battlefield is most stark? consid
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i don't think obama can do it. i think that's what romney did for a living and i think that's the point you're missing about mitt. >> well, larry, we've had tax cuts, tax credits, tax stimulus, every kind of imaginable tax effort to boost the economy for the last 10 or 20 years. we're collecting 15% of gdp, the lowest since harry truman. the point is, there's no room left for this kind of stuff. we're going to have to actually raise more, even if it harms growth in the short run because you just can't keep borrowing at this rate. push comes to shove, we're at the point where we have to face the music, i think. >> david, want to thank you very much for joining us today. david stockman. >>> up next tonight, a man who really needs no introduction. >> it is cramer time. evening jim. >> hey, guys. other people want to make friends i'm going to help you make money off the debates. i have stocks that will move and can make you money tonight. i got one in particular that's going to knock your socks off. read the signs and
i don't think obama can do it. i think that's what romney did for a living and i think that's the point you're missing about mitt. >> well, larry, we've had tax cuts, tax credits, tax stimulus, every kind of imaginable tax effort to boost the economy for the last 10 or 20 years. we're collecting 15% of gdp, the lowest since harry truman. the point is, there's no room left for this kind of stuff. we're going to have to actually raise more, even if it harms growth in the short run because...
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i doubt we'll see the same performance the next time around. what do you think he needs to do? >> well i think he needs to be more aggressive. first of all he needs to be more passionate about his accomplishments and his accomplishments i think are fairly significant. he took over a country that was on the brink of financial collapse, saved the financial syst system, got the american automobile manufacturing system again, we've had half a million manufacturing jobs, best period of manufacturing growth in a while, housing starts are up, consumer confidence is up, automobile sales are up, rail traffic is up, the unemployment rate is under 8%, we're headed in the right direction and i think he's got to be pretty affirmative about that and i think he also has to call governor romney on the inconsistencies we saw in the first debate but i think jim is right, governor romney terrific performance, showed himself to be a leader, really did away with a lot of those preconceived notions that people had and it's really game on. >> they got by accident that -- ed, just listening to you --
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. >> you know what, the age difference, i was thinking it was about the same but it's not quite the same, andrew. 69 and 42. >> 69 and 42. yes. no. >> coming up in a moment, steve wynn has been critical of the obama administration's handling of the economy, hypercritical, even passing on a $2 billion project that would have created 35,000 jobs because he, in his words, is afraid of the president and the way he thinks. he is our special guest, starting at 7:30. duff & phelps finds the sweet spot that powers sound decisions. duff & phelps financial advisory and investment banking services. between black and white answers... ...and 1,000 shades of grey duff & phelps finds the sweet spot that powers sound decisions. duff & phelps financial advisory and investment banking services. >>> comments, questions? send them to @squawkcnbc on twitter. follow the show, and look for updates from andrew, becky, joe and the "squawk" staff. "squawk box" on cnbc and on twitter. >>> when we return, we will be joined by steve wynn. he's going to talk to us about building a business and what it takes. this is
. >> you know what, the age difference, i was thinking it was about the same but it's not quite the same, andrew. 69 and 42. >> 69 and 42. yes. no. >> coming up in a moment, steve wynn has been critical of the obama administration's handling of the economy, hypercritical, even passing on a $2 billion project that would have created 35,000 jobs because he, in his words, is afraid of the president and the way he thinks. he is our special guest, starting at 7:30. duff &...
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you can't spend the same dollar twice. you can't claim this money goes to medicare and obama care. then they put this obama care board in charge of cutting medicare each year that will lead to denial of care for current seniors. social security, if we don't shore up social security, when we run out of the ious, when the program goes bankrupt, a 25% across the board benefit cut kicks in on seniors in the middle of their retirement. they haven't put a credible solution on the table. he'll tell you about vouchers and say all these things to scare people. give younger people, when they become medicare eligible, guaranteed coverage options that you can't be denied, including traditional medicare. more coverage for middle income people and total out of pocket coverage for the poor and sick. choice and competition. we would rather have 50 million future seniors determine how their medicare is delivered to them, instead of 15 bureaucrats deciding what, when, if and where they get it. >> i heard that death panel argument from sarah palin. let's talk about medicare. what we did is we saved $
you can't spend the same dollar twice. you can't claim this money goes to medicare and obama care. then they put this obama care board in charge of cutting medicare each year that will lead to denial of care for current seniors. social security, if we don't shore up social security, when we run out of the ious, when the program goes bankrupt, a 25% across the board benefit cut kicks in on seniors in the middle of their retirement. they haven't put a credible solution on the table. he'll tell...
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mitt romney and president obama had the same concept of a managed bankruptcy. >> different concepts. mitt romney didn't want a bunch of government money and taxpayer money going in and guaranteeing these automaker, but when you hear the words let it go bankrupt he wanted it out of business. he said he did not want them and he did not want the taxpayer involved the way they were. we decided this is misleading, the statement. the op ed was titled let detroit go bankrupt by "the new york times," romney wanted a managed bankruptcy overall and ultimately there was a managed bankruptcy. look, there are different views on how to fix the auto industry, but mitt romney did want to fix the auto industry. >> both of the sides had views about a managed bankruptcy, but don't believe the had headline that was attributed to mitt romney. >> it ultimately worked, by the way. >> you can make a fair argument, without question. >> get some sleep tonight. for those of you who missed it and you did get your sleep last night you'll get to watch the debate because we'll replay it. the entire vice presidenti
mitt romney and president obama had the same concept of a managed bankruptcy. >> different concepts. mitt romney didn't want a bunch of government money and taxpayer money going in and guaranteeing these automaker, but when you hear the words let it go bankrupt he wanted it out of business. he said he did not want them and he did not want the taxpayer involved the way they were. we decided this is misleading, the statement. the op ed was titled let detroit go bankrupt by "the new...
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>> on that same day, the obama administration had the exact same position. let's recall, they disavowed their own statement they put out early in the day in cairo. it's never too early to speak out for our values. we should have spoken out right away when the green revolution was starting, when the mullas in iran were attacking their people. we should not have called assad a reformer when he was turning guns on his own people. we should always stand up for peace, democracy and individual rights and not be imposing these devastating defense cuts. because what that does, when we show -- when we look weak, our enemies are much more willing to test us. and our allies are -- >> with all due respect, that's a bunch of mularkey. >> why is that so? >> nothing he said is accurate. >> be specific. >> i will be very specific. number one, this lecture on embassy security. the congressman here cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we asked for. number one. so much for the embassy security peace. number two, governor romney, before he knew the fact
>> on that same day, the obama administration had the exact same position. let's recall, they disavowed their own statement they put out early in the day in cairo. it's never too early to speak out for our values. we should have spoken out right away when the green revolution was starting, when the mullas in iran were attacking their people. we should not have called assad a reformer when he was turning guns on his own people. we should always stand up for peace, democracy and individual...
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that's the same level it was when president obama took office back in january 2009. actual growth last month was modest. only 1114,000 jobs created. but the labor department also revised the july and august number to include an 86,000 new jobs. let's talk about it with austin goolsby. austin, thanks very much for coming in. what is this jobs report mean to you? >> well, i think it's a good sign. you know, when i was in the white house, i used to say every month, good or bad, you never want to make too much out of any one month's numbers, because it's plus or minus 100,000 jobs is the margin of error. so there's a lot of variability. taken as an average, this is a solid report. >> when you say plus or minus margin of error of 100,000 jobs, in other words if 114,000 jobs were created last month it could have been 200,000 or 14,000? >> yeah. and you see in these revisions when they're going back to the previous months where there were 80,000, you say it was actually 46,000 more than they thought the first time around. keep that in mind. the three-month average is a lot
that's the same level it was when president obama took office back in january 2009. actual growth last month was modest. only 1114,000 jobs created. but the labor department also revised the july and august number to include an 86,000 new jobs. let's talk about it with austin goolsby. austin, thanks very much for coming in. what is this jobs report mean to you? >> well, i think it's a good sign. you know, when i was in the white house, i used to say every month, good or bad, you never...
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you can't spend the same dollar twice. you can't claim this money goes to medicare and obama care. then they put this obama care board in charge of cutting medicare each year that will lead to denial of care for current seniors. this board is 15 people. the president is supposed to appoint them next year, and not even one of them needs medical training. if we don't shore up social security, when we run out of the iou's, when the program goes bankrupt, a 25% across the board benefit cut kicks in on current seniors in the middle of their retirement. we're going to stop that from happening. they haven't put a credible solution on the table. he'll tell you about vouchers and say all these things to scare people. give younger people, when they become medicare eligible, guaranteed coverage options that you can't be denied, including traditional medicare. more coverage for middle income people and total out of pocket coverage for the poor and sick. choice and competition. we would rather have 50 million future seniors determine how their medicare is delivered to them, instead of 15 bureau
you can't spend the same dollar twice. you can't claim this money goes to medicare and obama care. then they put this obama care board in charge of cutting medicare each year that will lead to denial of care for current seniors. this board is 15 people. the president is supposed to appoint them next year, and not even one of them needs medical training. if we don't shore up social security, when we run out of the iou's, when the program goes bankrupt, a 25% across the board benefit cut kicks in...
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same poll, likely voters at obama 51%. romney, 43%. that's a dramatic shift indeed. let's get the reaction, jim acosta is traveling with the republican presidential nominee. what are they saying, jim? >> reporter: wolf, i can tell you right now that mitt romney is standing behind me addressing an understandably small crowd of supporters here at newport news, virginia, it is raining buckets here. but that's not dampening the enthusiasm of the romney campaign. they feel very good about this poll that just came out from the pew research center, showing a four-point lead among likely voters for mitt romney over the president. that is a kind of poll that they have not seen in some time. so they're very happy about that. i got some instant response from a senior romney official who told me over an e-mail a few moments ago that they are encouraged by the enthusiasm that they're seeing from supporters who they call energized. we have been seeing that over the last several days at various campaign events. mitt romney's been sort of taking a victory lap through center battlegr
same poll, likely voters at obama 51%. romney, 43%. that's a dramatic shift indeed. let's get the reaction, jim acosta is traveling with the republican presidential nominee. what are they saying, jim? >> reporter: wolf, i can tell you right now that mitt romney is standing behind me addressing an understandably small crowd of supporters here at newport news, virginia, it is raining buckets here. but that's not dampening the enthusiasm of the romney campaign. they feel very good about this...
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will he stay the same, will he respond to a more aggressive barack obama? what are you anticipating? >> yeah, sure. look, we have always expected that this race would be close and in that respect, i agree with stephanie's analysis. again, i think what was so dramatic last week and this what is the obama campaign is having such a hard time with, is for the last four years, barack obama has never been on a stage with someone who has actually been able to hold him to account for his record. you know, 47 million people on food stamps, one in six million -- sorry, one in six americans living in poverty, 23 million americans searching for work. no one has actually sat there and held him to account on the same platform, asked the tough questions, had him explain for the failure, the misery that this economy is right now and lay out a plan going forward. and i think mitt romney is just going to keep doing that. barack obama can spin and his surrogates can say some of the things stephanie was saying and they can run all these ads they're distractions and try to win
will he stay the same, will he respond to a more aggressive barack obama? what are you anticipating? >> yeah, sure. look, we have always expected that this race would be close and in that respect, i agree with stephanie's analysis. again, i think what was so dramatic last week and this what is the obama campaign is having such a hard time with, is for the last four years, barack obama has never been on a stage with someone who has actually been able to hold him to account for his record....
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on the democratic side, a pollster for the obama campaign here's what he had to say. polls now that we're done, polls, please. listen. >> i know this is a story that the media wants to drive but at the same time you have a poll where the president is ahead and the gallup poll and reuters with the president ahead. it's not about the polls. this is a tight race and democrats understand it's a tight race. >> never about the polls. if you're not doing well in the polls. talk about the polls. igmore the polls. where do you stand on that? you've been in this game a minute as a politician. >> yeah. i have to tell you the one poll that counts is the poll on election day. and at the ballot box. and the goal and the objective is to constantly communicate with your voters and your constituents and to make certain that they know where you stand on the issues and to be honest. and forthright with them. identify always told my constituents you may not always agree with me but you are always going to know where i stand. and that one to one relationship and then certainly the communi
on the democratic side, a pollster for the obama campaign here's what he had to say. polls now that we're done, polls, please. listen. >> i know this is a story that the media wants to drive but at the same time you have a poll where the president is ahead and the gallup poll and reuters with the president ahead. it's not about the polls. this is a tight race and democrats understand it's a tight race. >> never about the polls. if you're not doing well in the polls. talk about the...
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in the same poll in september, the president had a 51-43 lead. romney seems to be gaining ground with women. in a moment, i will ask polling guru nate silver what it all really means. meanly, a newly energized candidate romney is wasting no time pressing his advantage, today hitting the president with tough talk on foreign policy, including the deadly attack on americans in libya. >> this latest assault can't be blamed on a reprehensible video insulting islam, despite the administration's attempts to convince us of that for so long. no, as the administration has finally conceded, these attacks were the deliberate work of terrorists who use violence to impose their dark ideology on others, especially on women and girls who are fighting to control much of the middle east today and who seek to wage perpetual war on the west. >> joining me now, a man who knows quite a lot about mitt romney's views on all this, norm coleman, advisor to the romney campaign on foreign policy and former senator from minnesota. welcome to you, senator. >> piers, great to
in the same poll in september, the president had a 51-43 lead. romney seems to be gaining ground with women. in a moment, i will ask polling guru nate silver what it all really means. meanly, a newly energized candidate romney is wasting no time pressing his advantage, today hitting the president with tough talk on foreign policy, including the deadly attack on americans in libya. >> this latest assault can't be blamed on a reprehensible video insulting islam, despite the administration's...
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the same poll last month had romney trailing obama by eight points. the latest gallup tracking poll has obama leading romney 50% to 45%, a margin that grew yesterday. but neither of these numbers may be telling the whole story. coming up, we take a look at these results with peter hamby. >> my head is spinning with all the numbers. >> right. >> according to the cdc, the death toll is now at 8. 105 people in nine states are infected. health officials say 75 medical facilities in 23 states received the contaminated steroid injections. the company that makes the medication has voluntaeearily recalled it. >> fear of chaos overseas as german chancellor angela merkel makes an unpopular visit to greece today. this is new video of protesters in the streets of greece this morning. security is very, very tight there. and protests in some areas are completely banned. her visit comes as greek government officials attempt to pass another $17 billion in cuts in order to qualify for more eu bailout money. >>> thousands complaining about health problems two weeks aft
the same poll last month had romney trailing obama by eight points. the latest gallup tracking poll has obama leading romney 50% to 45%, a margin that grew yesterday. but neither of these numbers may be telling the whole story. coming up, we take a look at these results with peter hamby. >> my head is spinning with all the numbers. >> right. >> according to the cdc, the death toll is now at 8. 105 people in nine states are infected. health officials say 75 medical facilities...
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obama, 46%. same group, arg, in new hampshire, romney, 50%. obama, 46%. again, among likely voters. both of those polls obviously well within the sampling error. a statistical dead heat, but both of the polls showing romney having momentum in the states after the first debate. we have seen that across a few polls, so the arizona poll, interesting and definitely defies the trend we have seen in other polls in other states. >> florida, remarkable numbers there. arizona, what about the rest of the country? >> the rest of the country, i mean, again, we have seen some tightening, some movement towards romney. you know, this poll position can be a little trucky. some polls show wider margins, different spreads than others, but we have definitely seen overall, predominantly, a momentum toward mitt romney after the first debate performance which underscores president obama going into the second debate, he has to do a lot better. he admitted he didn't do as well as he hoped to do. >> we'll see what happens on tuesday. the pressure is on. shannon travis, appreciate that. >>> lots of interesti
obama, 46%. same group, arg, in new hampshire, romney, 50%. obama, 46%. again, among likely voters. both of those polls obviously well within the sampling error. a statistical dead heat, but both of the polls showing romney having momentum in the states after the first debate. we have seen that across a few polls, so the arizona poll, interesting and definitely defies the trend we have seen in other polls in other states. >> florida, remarkable numbers there. arizona, what about the rest...
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but at the same time, i know president obama being the first african-american to get into the white house, it's a big -- it's big for all of us. things are changing. will african-americans vote for romney? probably not. >> right. >> you know, it's not going to happen. very few. he'll probably get 5%, 2%, something like that. one thing african-americans are going to do, they're either going to vote for president obama or they're going to stay home and vote for nobody. >> i guess something like what happened with stacy dash shows that race still is an issue. >> oh, yeah. >> it still matters. so he got to the white house, which is an incredible achievement, but color still matters. >> is race still an issue in this world? of course it is. it's always going to be. and then you'll always have the haves and the have nots, unfortunately. but i'm hoping that president obama can help the poor rise to that middle class, and we have a bigger middle class. >> we all just have to root for more people like you to overcome poverty, hiv, everything that could possibly be thrown at you. and here you are.
but at the same time, i know president obama being the first african-american to get into the white house, it's a big -- it's big for all of us. things are changing. will african-americans vote for romney? probably not. >> right. >> you know, it's not going to happen. very few. he'll probably get 5%, 2%, something like that. one thing african-americans are going to do, they're either going to vote for president obama or they're going to stay home and vote for nobody. >> i...
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as you would expect president obama to say what he said. that's the way the two sides do it, year in, year out, campaign after campaign. what no one does, at least until now, is look at the numbers and suggest the fix is in. this morning jack welch did tweet, unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate to change numbers. i think he presumably means the obama campaign. and conservative commentator laura ingram tweeted, another name for the labor debt's bogus 7.8% unemployment number. obama's surprise, thanks hilda. hilda solis is responsible at the bureau of statistics which puts out the job numbers. >> i have the highest regard for our professional staff at the bureau of statistics. folks that have been working in this area for many years and this is a methodology that's been used for decades. it is insulting when you hear people just cavalierly say that somehow we are manipulating numbers. i find that very insulting. >> solis, not solis. for the record, here's how the process works. the raw data comes in on
as you would expect president obama to say what he said. that's the way the two sides do it, year in, year out, campaign after campaign. what no one does, at least until now, is look at the numbers and suggest the fix is in. this morning jack welch did tweet, unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate to change numbers. i think he presumably means the obama campaign. and conservative commentator laura ingram tweeted, another name for the labor debt's bogus 7.8%...
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positions as barack obama. but this time, there's no daylight between the president and the vice president. that vulnerability is not there for him and, of course, preparing against sarah palin is stoelgtsly different than preparing gelgts paul ryan. totally different. sarah palin was an outsider to washington, d.c. she wasn't as imviewed in the wonk policy, wonk inside the beltway stuff. paul ryan anothers all of that. i was just listening to your reporting with dana bash, and the guy's a machine, paul ryan is. he is -- he is ready to go. so it's going to be a very different debate. >> so, i want to talk a little about the deference. i think you were alluding to the derch deference factor. geraldine ferraro said don't patronize me, teach me about foreign history. going up against sarah palin. don't patronize her, make it rude, something where people will be offended. this time around he doesn't have to face that but has a female moderator. they both do. from the female, first female governor of michigan, i mig
positions as barack obama. but this time, there's no daylight between the president and the vice president. that vulnerability is not there for him and, of course, preparing against sarah palin is stoelgtsly different than preparing gelgts paul ryan. totally different. sarah palin was an outsider to washington, d.c. she wasn't as imviewed in the wonk policy, wonk inside the beltway stuff. paul ryan anothers all of that. i was just listening to your reporting with dana bash, and the guy's a...
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same with president obama. this is going to be tight. >> well, one thing he's got to be thrilled about, and his camp as well s that his supporters who may have felt somewhat lackluster about it before hand, are starting to show that they really, really, really, and that's what strongly means, they really support him. it's an 11-point jump for him since last month. so voters enthusiasm is something really critical. polls are one thing, you get a phone call. getting your butt out of yours house, into your car, and going to the polls to vote is whole other thing. you need to be enthused. >> right. you need turnout. that's going to be critical in this election. both of these campaigns, they think they have pretty good what they call ground games, getting the voters out either before, a lot of early voting, or on election day and getting them to show up, getting that enthusiasm is really important, and there's no doubt that mitt romney did a lot of good for himself in generating some strong enthusiasm as a result of
same with president obama. this is going to be tight. >> well, one thing he's got to be thrilled about, and his camp as well s that his supporters who may have felt somewhat lackluster about it before hand, are starting to show that they really, really, really, and that's what strongly means, they really support him. it's an 11-point jump for him since last month. so voters enthusiasm is something really critical. polls are one thing, you get a phone call. getting your butt out of yours...
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as you would expect president obama to say what he said. that's the way the two sides do it, year in, year out, campaign after campaign. what no one does, at least not until now, is look at the numbers and suggest the fix is in. this morning, though, jack welch did tweeting, quote unbelievable job numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate so change numbers. chicago guys presumably meaning the obama campaign. we will talk to him about that. congressman alan west said this on his facebook page. in regard to today's jobs report, i agree with jack welch. chicago style politics is at work here. conservative commentator laura ingram said another name for the labor department's bogus 7 pts 8% unemployment number. obama's october surprise. thanks, hilda. that's labor secretary hilda solis, who is responsible for the bureau of labor statistics which puts out the job numbers. >> i have the highest regard for our professional staff at the bureau of labor statistics, highly trained, highly skilled ph.d.s, economists, statisticians, fol
as you would expect president obama to say what he said. that's the way the two sides do it, year in, year out, campaign after campaign. what no one does, at least not until now, is look at the numbers and suggest the fix is in. this morning, though, jack welch did tweeting, quote unbelievable job numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate so change numbers. chicago guys presumably meaning the obama campaign. we will talk to him about that. congressman alan west said this on his...
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>> what i would say is the same thing i say to liberals. can't always make education better by throwing more money at it. depend our vital interests, but let's not be everywhere all the time. let's no decide every war is something that u.s. dollars as well as soldiers have to participate in. so i do object to it. i'm concerned that you know, we could be at war with syria even before the election occurs. if things escalate across turkey's border. you have the head of nato now says that if turkey's attacked, all of a sudden, nato's mite will be involved in this war and i think for a border skirmish between syria and turkey, where syria's government is very weak and destabilized, i don't want to see world war where all of nato comes on to the turkish syria border. i don't think that's what the american people want and we need to be very careful about it. >> just want to show you something i saw interesting today. you have a super pac. rand pack and have been running some ads. so far, six figures. you've been spending real money on this. rand p
>> what i would say is the same thing i say to liberals. can't always make education better by throwing more money at it. depend our vital interests, but let's not be everywhere all the time. let's no decide every war is something that u.s. dollars as well as soldiers have to participate in. so i do object to it. i'm concerned that you know, we could be at war with syria even before the election occurs. if things escalate across turkey's border. you have the head of nato now says that if...
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in many ways he was echoing the exact same position of president obama. and so he has to make clear, of course, what are you going to do differently in what we've seen? >> criticism for now going -- wait a minute, joe. i'm going to lose you. i'm going to lose out on time here if we don't talk about the polls and we need to talk about the polls because they're changing a little here. ahead of the cnn polls that we have and the key t battleground states. i want to put those up for everybody to see. and, roland, what's happening here? >> easy. >> campaign, a little worried about that? >> what's happening here is called an election. this was not going to be some kind of blowout. this election was always -- that's who we're talking about here. >> it was always going to be a tight race. okay? this is about a ground game. this is about getting your base voters out, early voters, the registration, this week in some states. early voting has already started in some places. you are going to see this. obviously the debates played a role in it but obama supporters how
in many ways he was echoing the exact same position of president obama. and so he has to make clear, of course, what are you going to do differently in what we've seen? >> criticism for now going -- wait a minute, joe. i'm going to lose you. i'm going to lose out on time here if we don't talk about the polls and we need to talk about the polls because they're changing a little here. ahead of the cnn polls that we have and the key t battleground states. i want to put those up for everybody...
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and on that same night dare i say it, yep, big bird, big bird kind of did steal that show. but last night during the vice presidential debate, as much as these two men prepared for those 90 minutes, sometimes it wasn't what they said but how they looked when they weren't saying a word. and some of the smiles, some of the smirks, i know, had a lot of you talking and tweeting. >> he sent me two letters saying, by the way, can you send me some stimulus money for companies here in the state of wisconsin? we sent millions of dollars. >> this idea -- this idea came from the clinton commission to save medicare chaired by senator john bro. here's the point, martha, if we don't -- >> my next guest is an expert in facial communication. he is professor chris cole, joins me here from purdue university in indiana. chris, welcome. and before we walk through and see sort of this cool technology and what you're doing to their faces, i want to ask you, why this matters, not just as much what they're saying, but how they appear. >> well, i think when you think about emotions, we -- emotions
and on that same night dare i say it, yep, big bird, big bird kind of did steal that show. but last night during the vice presidential debate, as much as these two men prepared for those 90 minutes, sometimes it wasn't what they said but how they looked when they weren't saying a word. and some of the smiles, some of the smirks, i know, had a lot of you talking and tweeting. >> he sent me two letters saying, by the way, can you send me some stimulus money for companies here in the state...
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the obama administration has decided not to defend doma. this couple was married last year after "don't ask, don't tell" was repealed. good morning to both of you and thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> good morning. >> now you have join add lawsuit challenging doma, but your case may be a little more immediate, certainly more urgent than others. charlie, tell us why. >> well, i've been recently diagnosed back in april with less than six months to live. that's been updated to 12. i'm doing really well but that's a big concern because if i were to pass away, karen wouldn't receive any of the spousal benefits, is your viever benefits that are out there. >> what type of cancer are you battling? >> breast cancer. basically stage iv breast cancer. >> charlie, our thoughts are with you. know this is a very tough battle. you got out of the military for ten years and you were typing school, right? so why did you get back in. >> i was teaching school in kentucky and in 2004 i went to a conference and i went to the a conference and was talking
the obama administration has decided not to defend doma. this couple was married last year after "don't ask, don't tell" was repealed. good morning to both of you and thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> good morning. >> now you have join add lawsuit challenging doma, but your case may be a little more immediate, certainly more urgent than others. charlie, tell us why. >> well, i've been recently diagnosed back in april with less than six months to live....
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for president obama, randi. because he is going to williamsburg, virginia, but he is not going there to campaign in the crucial state, but he is doing basically debate prep between now and tuesday. here is the thing about tuesday's debate, because it is different from the presidential debate, and that was a week and a half ago in denver. this is a town hall for mamat a different feel from the questions of the audience, and the monitor is our own candy crowley and a lot at stake coming up on tuesday night at hofstra university in new york. randi? >> yes, a whole different energy as well, which the candidates will feed off of with the town hall feel, but we are going to be talking a little bit about florida later on in the show this morning, paul. certainly one of the big swing states. do you have any new numbers on the race by the way? >> i do. this is the cnn poll of polls. we took the three polls that were conducted after that first presidential debate in florida and among the likely voters if you average them
for president obama, randi. because he is going to williamsburg, virginia, but he is not going there to campaign in the crucial state, but he is doing basically debate prep between now and tuesday. here is the thing about tuesday's debate, because it is different from the presidential debate, and that was a week and a half ago in denver. this is a town hall for mamat a different feel from the questions of the audience, and the monitor is our own candy crowley and a lot at stake coming up on...
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his name is president barack obama. and he didn't do it. everyone else doing it afterwards doesn't carry the same punch. and i agree with l.z. it ways bit of both. it was a lot of both. president obama was way off. and mitt romney was very much on his game. i don't remember where debate where's it's hard to think of a memorable gaffe or a memorable knockout blow. and yet, there was a very visible mark of -- you know, undebatable victor of this debate, which was mitt romney. he did it just because for 90 sustained minutes, it was like he was debating a limp piece of spaghetti. >> it was like the chair from clint eastwood. i want to go a little longer with this segment. i want to talk with more of these guys. this is some honest talk. let's talk about job numbers. it could have come from the president. how big of a help to him is this below 8% jobless rate, do you think? i'm going to start with anna to see what the republicans think about that. how big of a help? mitt romney can no longer go, well, the unemployment rate is above 8%. >> absolu
his name is president barack obama. and he didn't do it. everyone else doing it afterwards doesn't carry the same punch. and i agree with l.z. it ways bit of both. it was a lot of both. president obama was way off. and mitt romney was very much on his game. i don't remember where debate where's it's hard to think of a memorable gaffe or a memorable knockout blow. and yet, there was a very visible mark of -- you know, undebatable victor of this debate, which was mitt romney. he did it just...
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>> is it wrong for president obama not to ask him about the 47% during the debate? >> it was a mistake for president obama to ask him about that, it was wrong for president obama not to say, mitt romney, are you calling out the republicans who are voting for the jobs bill in the senate? president obama left a whole bunch of stuff on the table that he could have brought up. he absolutely should have asked him about it because it's a central issue when you talk about where we stand in this country. i simply say to ali, i know he's your guy. >> he's even saying preexistent conditions will be covered, but people who lose their job can keep their health insurance for a time. that's not what people think of when they think of a preexisting condition. >> it's something that when republicans repeal obamacare and try to replace it, they'll have to come up with that replacement so people don't gain in the system -- >> so was he lying or mistaken about his own policy? >> there is a provision in there, anderson, that will cover a portion of the people who don't have health insu
>> is it wrong for president obama not to ask him about the 47% during the debate? >> it was a mistake for president obama to ask him about that, it was wrong for president obama not to say, mitt romney, are you calling out the republicans who are voting for the jobs bill in the senate? president obama left a whole bunch of stuff on the table that he could have brought up. he absolutely should have asked him about it because it's a central issue when you talk about where we stand in...
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do we think that that is a very deliberate strategy from the obama campaign to keep him out there until he is ready, he is fully prepared to take on his opponent? >>. >> i think when you say how many interviews has paul ryan done, how many interviews has joe bideern done? zero. that's not part of their press strategy, obviously, and we do know certainly that joe biden doesn't always have the most discipline with his messages, and so i think what they're looking toward is this debate, and you say, oh, what if he is going to gaff tonight in the debate? if you look at him and he has been citiesed on a national stage with national debates, he doesn't actually tend to be gaff-prone during debates, so i think his team right now is feeling confident with that, suzanne. >> all right. good. you've got a front row seat, briana. we are definitely envious of that front row seat. joe biden said he is excited. he sat down with other own dana bash to talk about his prep for the debate, and dana asked about biden's last debate opponent. >> the only other person to debate joe biden in a vice president d
do we think that that is a very deliberate strategy from the obama campaign to keep him out there until he is ready, he is fully prepared to take on his opponent? >>. >> i think when you say how many interviews has paul ryan done, how many interviews has joe bideern done? zero. that's not part of their press strategy, obviously, and we do know certainly that joe biden doesn't always have the most discipline with his messages, and so i think what they're looking toward is this...
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time, the obama-biden ticket is so vulnerable when it comes to libya. i want to see how he handles that. >> it was interesting hearing mitt romney talk about paul ryan's lack of experience. >> exactly. obviously they're in a much, much smaller scale. and a tiny little stage compared to what is going to happen tonight. i think the most analogous is the kind of debating we saw earlier. one on one with the president of the united states at the gop retreat that they had a couple of years ago, the health care summit where we went head to head with joe biden. so he has experience on a national stage. nothing like this. >> it will be interesting to see how this plays a difference in that. thank you. >> thank you very much. the applause obviously coming in. let's check in with our other reporters on the scene for us in kentucky. jessica yellin, first to you. you're in the spoon room right now. there's going to be a lot of spinning afterwards. after the first presidential debate, it took the democratic spinners a while to get there, because they suspected the pr
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once the polls start swinging away from president obama, did they feel the same way? >> we're hearing increasingly over the last week including us we have done too much coverage of last week's debate because we want obama to look bad because we want the race to get closer. so we're hearing it from the democrats too about media bias. >> okay. gary tuchman, thank you. >>> now this, this young face of courage. this young girl marked for death by taliban gunmen. they stopped her school bus. they opened fire. simply because she dared to defy them. we're going to hear from her next. quil, but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't work on runny noses. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have an antihistamine. really? [ male announcer ] really. alka-seltzer plus cold and cough fights your worst cold symptoms, plus has a fast acting antihistamine to relieve your runny nose. [ sighs ] thank you! [ male announcer ] you're welcome. that's the cold truth! [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus. ♪ oh what a relief it is! ♪ [ male announcer ] try
once the polls start swinging away from president obama, did they feel the same way? >> we're hearing increasingly over the last week including us we have done too much coverage of last week's debate because we want obama to look bad because we want the race to get closer. so we're hearing it from the democrats too about media bias. >> okay. gary tuchman, thank you. >>> now this, this young face of courage. this young girl marked for death by taliban gunmen. they stopped...
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expect nothing but more of the same the next four weeks. >> yep. i'm sure of that. thanks very much, john. we'll be back with us. he's joining us from ohio. as we mention both mitt romney and president obama are campaigning in ohio today. and believe it or not today's big issue in the presidential race is big bird. cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta reports from iowa right now where romney held a rally earlier in the day. jim. >> reporter: wolf, the romney campaign is clearly feeling good, but at the same time top advisors are trying to downplay the importance of a slew of new polls showing the gop nominee now in a real horse race with president obama in a sign that all of this has gotten the president's attention. this campaign has suddenly turned into a race over small things or rather one big bird. plowing into his proposals to help american farmers, mitt romney had poultry on his mind in iowa. of the eight-foot and yellow variety as he accused the president of fouling up the nation's weak recovery. >> you have to scratch your head when the preside
expect nothing but more of the same the next four weeks. >> yep. i'm sure of that. thanks very much, john. we'll be back with us. he's joining us from ohio. as we mention both mitt romney and president obama are campaigning in ohio today. and believe it or not today's big issue in the presidential race is big bird. cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta reports from iowa right now where romney held a rally earlier in the day. jim. >> reporter: wolf, the romney campaign is...
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so everybody else doing it afterwards just doesn't carry the same punch. and i absolutely agree with lz, it was a bit of both. there was a lot of both. president obama was way off and mitt romney was very much on his game. you know, i don't remember many debates where it's hard to think of a memorable gaffe or a memorable knockout blow, and yet there was a very visible mark of undebatable victor of this debate, which was mitt romney. he did it just because for 90 sustained minutes it was like he was debating a limp piece of spaghetti. >> it was like the chair from clint eastwood. but i want to go a little longer with this segment to talk more with these guys. this is some honest talk. let's talk about the job numbers, they couldn't have come at a better time with the president considering his performance the other night, how big of a help is this below 8% jobless rate, do you think? i'm going to start with anna to see what the republicans think about that. how big of a help? because mitt romney can no longer go, well, the unemployment rate is above 8%. >>
so everybody else doing it afterwards just doesn't carry the same punch. and i absolutely agree with lz, it was a bit of both. there was a lot of both. president obama was way off and mitt romney was very much on his game. you know, i don't remember many debates where it's hard to think of a memorable gaffe or a memorable knockout blow, and yet there was a very visible mark of undebatable victor of this debate, which was mitt romney. he did it just because for 90 sustained minutes it was like...
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as president obama's position. isn't it? >> well, i think the difference is, again, to use the example of syria as the most recent example, we want a leader who is going to respond forcefully, be emphatic. we still -- it's three weeks and we just had fbi agents get on the ground there. i think the expectation is that you come out and you call terrorism terrorism. you go after vigorously after those terrorists. there is a distink difference in leading from behind or being app genic or passive about a foreign policy and one who is strong. >> i'm talking about iran and -- be. >> forgive me for interrupting you. >> i hear you -- using an example of syria because again we want to give americans the opportunity to hear directly from governor romney when he gives a speech today. >> it looks like in the excerpts that have been sent -- >> a distinct difference overall. >> he covers libya and egypt and syria. >> yes. >> there's a range. let's talk about iran for a moment. when you actually analyze the candidate's positions i
as president obama's position. isn't it? >> well, i think the difference is, again, to use the example of syria as the most recent example, we want a leader who is going to respond forcefully, be emphatic. we still -- it's three weeks and we just had fbi agents get on the ground there. i think the expectation is that you come out and you call terrorism terrorism. you go after vigorously after those terrorists. there is a distink difference in leading from behind or being app genic or...
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>> the same implications. >> to say something like this is like donald trump saying president obama is not an american citizen without any proof. you are jack welch. you have to take this opportunity while everybody is listening to you to say, yes, anders anderson, i'm taking that tweet back. i'm sending a new tweet to say i was exaggerating. but to actually throw out an accusation, that is like asking the government, how often do you beat your wife? >> i should have had a question mark at the back of it. no matter how you want to look at this, we had 25 economists polled before this number came out. the average number they expected was 115,000, not one had a number below 8.1. >> labor secretary shot back at the conspiracy thererists with an interview with richard quest. >> i have the highest regard for our professional staff. highly skilled, ph.d.s, statisticians and folks working in this area for many years and this is methodology that has been used for decades and it is insulting when you hear people cavaerly say that we are manipulating numbers. i find that very insulting. >> some
>> the same implications. >> to say something like this is like donald trump saying president obama is not an american citizen without any proof. you are jack welch. you have to take this opportunity while everybody is listening to you to say, yes, anders anderson, i'm taking that tweet back. i'm sending a new tweet to say i was exaggerating. but to actually throw out an accusation, that is like asking the government, how often do you beat your wife? >> i should have had a...
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if it's the same president, great. >> john cham bers, you have lavished praise on president clinton. >> it's hard for a republican. he's done the best job during my lifetime. >> goldman sachs was the largest contributor to obama's campaign the last time around. i'm guessing that's not the case this time. has that surprised you? why has support for president obama dropped so dramatically in the financial community. >> just to clarify, goldman sachs doesn't contribute to the campaign. >> individuals within them. >> we're a mixed bag. we were also a big contribute to republicans four years ago and the democrat this year. i tlifrpg's certainly been a shift. there's been a disappointment owing to some of the things that have been described and working together. you knee, risks are not just the risks we take. the environmental is such a "got you" environment even the regulators have to do their business with one eye over the shoulders for fear of being dragged over the national committee and having to be skboesed to talk to leaders. i think in order to allow people to work together, there
if it's the same president, great. >> john cham bers, you have lavished praise on president clinton. >> it's hard for a republican. he's done the best job during my lifetime. >> goldman sachs was the largest contributor to obama's campaign the last time around. i'm guessing that's not the case this time. has that surprised you? why has support for president obama dropped so dramatically in the financial community. >> just to clarify, goldman sachs doesn't contribute to...
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ann romney in this case, michelle obama and president obama and nancy reagan, ronald reagan. at the same time, you know, are we finding that ann romney is taking on kind of a greater role in helping to shape the image of her husband? apparently and reportedly she and one of their sons actually had like a real heart to heart with mitt romney and said there's got to be more of you that comes out. you've got to make this more personal. >> i know there was a story there, you but that is one of the things that -- a role that a campaign spouse plays is the sense to be the truth teller. a spouse can't get fired. they're not going anywhere. i think that's what they and sons and daughters do in campaigns and that's why they become very available. they are there because people can go to them. in terms of mrs. romney's role, she's been around. she's been the first lady of massachusetts. she -- you know, she has been involved in the campaign since day one. she probably has good insights on how to her husband a more notable to the american people. >> during the convention, we saw that she
ann romney in this case, michelle obama and president obama and nancy reagan, ronald reagan. at the same time, you know, are we finding that ann romney is taking on kind of a greater role in helping to shape the image of her husband? apparently and reportedly she and one of their sons actually had like a real heart to heart with mitt romney and said there's got to be more of you that comes out. you've got to make this more personal. >> i know there was a story there, you but that is one...
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and so it's possible to see maybe the same tactic tonight for paul ryan. focusing on the substance and the issues and, you know, one thing that the romney campaign i think telegraphed is that paul ryan will go after those comments of joe biden we heard earlier this month at the event in charlotte talking about the middle class being buried. i think we can expect that to come tonight and heard from the obama campaign, the obama campaign talking about this editorial board meeting with "the columbus dispatch" during the which the gop nominee talked about what the health care plan might be and people with preexisting conditions without obama care to get health care at hospitals. that is something i think joe biden might be going after tonight and starting to see the expectations as to how the zingers and the non-zingers fly tonight, brooke. >> let's just talk about when you and i were in tampa covering the democratic national convention and last time we or the country saw paul ryan up on the big stage and fact checkers had a field day with that. found all kind
and so it's possible to see maybe the same tactic tonight for paul ryan. focusing on the substance and the issues and, you know, one thing that the romney campaign i think telegraphed is that paul ryan will go after those comments of joe biden we heard earlier this month at the event in charlotte talking about the middle class being buried. i think we can expect that to come tonight and heard from the obama campaign, the obama campaign talking about this editorial board meeting with "the...
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do they see it the same way? >> reporter: he went into this happy to be able to defend the honor of the white house and this administration and will probably come out of it feeling he did that. and the administration and the campaign were thrilled with the performance last night for the very reasons ron outlined. especially because biden forcefully made the case that the democratic base wanted to hear about the president's economic message. essentially, you know, many democrats were so disappointed after the president's performance last week. somebody needed to come out and reenergize them. and so that's what the vice president was aabble to do. now it's up to the president to see if he can pick it up from there next week, don. >> don, real quick, still the hole in the donut, like obama last week, as strong as biden was, almost nothing about what a second term, second obama term would bring, particularly on the economy. big missing piece. tough on the republican choice, tough on defending their first term. what w
do they see it the same way? >> reporter: he went into this happy to be able to defend the honor of the white house and this administration and will probably come out of it feeling he did that. and the administration and the campaign were thrilled with the performance last night for the very reasons ron outlined. especially because biden forcefully made the case that the democratic base wanted to hear about the president's economic message. essentially, you know, many democrats were so...
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and perhaps if biden wants to actually have some facts ready, unlike obama did when paul ryan hammers him for wanting to cut $716 billion out of medicare, please respond by saying, that's the same $716 billion that you propose cutting from medicare. small fact but it works. >> i think it would be funny if he was like, listen rand paul or ryan -- that would be hilarious if he did that. paul ryan can go, you betcha. >> exactly. >> there's going to be i'm sure a lot of focus on this, on vice president joe biden, really i should say on paul ryan as well because fairly new to the national stage at this level and the pressure is going to be on both of them because of the president's performance and mitt romney performed well. people are going to say paul ryan should perform well. looking ahead, what does the president need to do or say to come out strong in the next debate without appearing aloof? >> well, first of all, how about just don't be aloof? you're supposed to be this huge inspiring leader. maybe try to bring a little zest in your voice. you're trying to save the world. have a red
and perhaps if biden wants to actually have some facts ready, unlike obama did when paul ryan hammers him for wanting to cut $716 billion out of medicare, please respond by saying, that's the same $716 billion that you propose cutting from medicare. small fact but it works. >> i think it would be funny if he was like, listen rand paul or ryan -- that would be hilarious if he did that. paul ryan can go, you betcha. >> exactly. >> there's going to be i'm sure a lot of focus on...
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office predicts that if no policy changes are made, nothing different happens, we just continue on the same road, the unemployment rate will fall to 6.3% by the end of 201. so where could it go if president obama actually got some of his jobs initiatives passed like an infrastructure bank or tax cuts for businesses to hire workers or insource workers to the united states? john king is cnn's chief national correspondent. john, the first term is about getting re-elected. the second term, if it happens, if president obama wins again, he doesn't have to worry about running again. his second term could be about establishing a legacy. what does that likely mean to americans looking toward 2016. >> second-term presidents do look to go big and make the history books. sometimes they're willing to bend their prior rules to get there. and so would president obama be more open to that big deal? more open to structural changes in medicare and social security, to get what he wants in the tax environment you were just talking about. yes, he most likely would be. however, ali, bill clinton wanted big thing
office predicts that if no policy changes are made, nothing different happens, we just continue on the same road, the unemployment rate will fall to 6.3% by the end of 201. so where could it go if president obama actually got some of his jobs initiatives passed like an infrastructure bank or tax cuts for businesses to hire workers or insource workers to the united states? john king is cnn's chief national correspondent. john, the first term is about getting re-elected. the second term, if it...
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the same implication. >> but to say something like this is like donald trump saying that president obama is not an american citizen without any proof. you are jack welch. jack, you've got to take this opportunity while everybody is listening to you to actually say, yes, anderson, i'm taking that tweet back. i'm going to send a new tweet to say i was exaggerating. there are problems bls should look into but to throw out an accusation that's like asking the government how often do you beat your wife. >> i should have had a question mark at the back of it, ali, let's face it, but the facts, are ali, no matter how you want to look at this, we had 25 economists polled before this number came out. the average number they expected was about 115,000. not one of them -- >> yes. >> had a number below 1.1. >> labor secretary hilda so li s shot back at the critics telling cnn it was insulting for people to suggest her department was manipulating numbers for the president's benefit. >>> the obama and romney campaigns are ratcheting up the rhetoric in the wake of the jobs report. our political editor
the same implication. >> but to say something like this is like donald trump saying that president obama is not an american citizen without any proof. you are jack welch. jack, you've got to take this opportunity while everybody is listening to you to actually say, yes, anderson, i'm taking that tweet back. i'm going to send a new tweet to say i was exaggerating. there are problems bls should look into but to throw out an accusation that's like asking the government how often do you beat...
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but the same implications. >> to say something like this is like donald trump saying that president obama is not an american citizen without any proof. you are jack welch. you got to take this opportunity while everybody is listening to you to actually say yes, anderson, i'm taking that tweet back. i'm going to accepted a new tweet to say i was exaggerating. there are problems, maybe bls should look into it, but the actually throw out an accusation, that's like asking the government how often do you beat your wife? >> i should have had a question mark, at the back of it. let's face it. but the facts are no matter how you want to look at this, we had 25 economists polled before this number came out. the average number they expected was about 115,000. >> yes. >> not one of them had a number below 8.1. >>> tomorrow, three suspected terrorists are expected to make their first court appearance in new york. they were extradited from britain overnight after a legal battle that lasted more than ten years. one suspect has a hook for a hand and has called osama bin laden a hero. the radical cler ii
but the same implications. >> to say something like this is like donald trump saying that president obama is not an american citizen without any proof. you are jack welch. you got to take this opportunity while everybody is listening to you to actually say yes, anderson, i'm taking that tweet back. i'm going to accepted a new tweet to say i was exaggerating. there are problems, maybe bls should look into it, but the actually throw out an accusation, that's like asking the government how...
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same story, pretty much. look at the president, 48%, mitt romney, 47%. that's about as close as you can get. it was just as close a week ago. and in ohio, the president still has an advantage there, but it is a little bit tighter than it was a week ago before the denver debate. how do americans feel about the two guys we'll meet tonight from this debate? look at this from pew? this is a favorability from vice president joe biden. as for congressman ryan, it seems like americans kind of divided on him, but few have a more favorable opinion than not. but because of the president's lackluster performance in denver, there's more at stake tonight here in danville, kentucky. >> and both our running mates have made a point to lower expectations. i saw this morning that mitt romney has said that paul ryan has not debated since high school. >> reporter: yeah. well, he was a little off on that. paul ryan has debated a few times over the years. remember, he's run for congress seven times now and won seven times. but you're right, it's not just the campaigns that ar
same story, pretty much. look at the president, 48%, mitt romney, 47%. that's about as close as you can get. it was just as close a week ago. and in ohio, the president still has an advantage there, but it is a little bit tighter than it was a week ago before the denver debate. how do americans feel about the two guys we'll meet tonight from this debate? look at this from pew? this is a favorability from vice president joe biden. as for congressman ryan, it seems like americans kind of divided...
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many of us think the same thing about polls. what do believe what not to believe. i tell you one thing i noticed when romney's down, the republicans say the polls are fixed. they don't believe it. when obama's down, democrats say the polls are firsted, they don't believe it. look, how much stock should we put in polls? >> one of the fews things roland and i have an actual agreement on. the limited value of pollsof turns an election into a football game, count the score midway through the game. one score, how the vote turns out at the end. until then a choice to make between two different sefts ideas. this polltaking is a tip to make it entertaining along the way. >> offers a snapshot, does it not, roland? constantly moving? >> guess what, the snap of the picture has blown right past us. the key for both campaigns is what is going to be turnout? driving their people to the polls. the real analysis what are the numbers for early voting in the places that have already started. that's going to be a real measurement. i don't -- i don't lose sleep over who's up, who's do
many of us think the same thing about polls. what do believe what not to believe. i tell you one thing i noticed when romney's down, the republicans say the polls are fixed. they don't believe it. when obama's down, democrats say the polls are firsted, they don't believe it. look, how much stock should we put in polls? >> one of the fews things roland and i have an actual agreement on. the limited value of pollsof turns an election into a football game, count the score midway through the...
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an element of, you know, government helping us when we make mistakes, but we do the same thing when we have requirements for seat belts, for helmets with motorcycles, guardrail on a highway, and it doesn't feel so much as a nanny state as civilization. >> if romney's health care system, your friend scott would still be uninsured. is that because of a preexisting condition? >> romney says that his plan would cover preexisting conditions, but it's only if you ever already have health insurance and want to switch to a different plan. in cases, somebody like cot is was not insured and he would not be able to get health insurance, and this -- the tone of this is something that happens over and over scott is not an isolated case. there are study that suggest 27,000 people each year die because they don't have health insurance. >> you also speak directly to critics of obama care who grumble about the mandate, but you do say that it will save lives. >> absolutely. you know, look, it's not an elegant solution. there will be a lot of people who will be very upset if they ended up having to bu
an element of, you know, government helping us when we make mistakes, but we do the same thing when we have requirements for seat belts, for helmets with motorcycles, guardrail on a highway, and it doesn't feel so much as a nanny state as civilization. >> if romney's health care system, your friend scott would still be uninsured. is that because of a preexisting condition? >> romney says that his plan would cover preexisting conditions, but it's only if you ever already have health...
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president obama said in a statement, arlen specter was always a fighter. from his days stamping out corruption as a prosecutor in philadelphia, to his 30 years in the senate, he was eindependent. he brought the same toughness and determination to his personal struggles, using his own story to inspire others. dana bash joins me now by phone from washington. dana, he had overcome numerous serious illnesses over the past two decades but he continued to work and work hard. >> reporter: he sure did. i remember seeing him in the hallways of the capital when he was undergoing treatment for his cancer, and he clearly was looking frail. i remember sometimes him telling me, he still played squash that morning. he was so intent on keeping going and not letting what ailed him keep him down. it was incredible. you look at what happened at the end of his political career in the senate. it's similar similar. he passed the vote for the president's stimulus plan. he was one of three republicans to do that. that really cost him. i remember watching him go in and out of the
president obama said in a statement, arlen specter was always a fighter. from his days stamping out corruption as a prosecutor in philadelphia, to his 30 years in the senate, he was eindependent. he brought the same toughness and determination to his personal struggles, using his own story to inspire others. dana bash joins me now by phone from washington. dana, he had overcome numerous serious illnesses over the past two decades but he continued to work and work hard. >> reporter: he...
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>> well, i think all americans know that president obama has been working very, very hard to put americans back to work. he has had virtually no cooperation from the republicans in congress and certainly in the house. >> he might get the same kind of congress that he already has though. >> the american public is not going to put up with a close election. the american public is not going to put up with this kind of gridlock in washington, and, again, the -- republicans have to take responsibility for blocking much of the american jobs act and other efforts that the president has put forward. who have seen private sector growth in the jobs area, but we also than we've had state and local government lose over 700,000 jobs and unemployment was already high. before the president came in in the african-american community and the great recession has only made that worse, but, as you said, even in the african-american community unemployment is coming down. african-americans are proud. in the country, but many of us are very, very proud of the work that president obama has been doing. african-ameri
>> well, i think all americans know that president obama has been working very, very hard to put americans back to work. he has had virtually no cooperation from the republicans in congress and certainly in the house. >> he might get the same kind of congress that he already has though. >> the american public is not going to put up with a close election. the american public is not going to put up with this kind of gridlock in washington, and, again, the -- republicans have to...
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i can't always say the same. >> funny there, ashley. as you know, this is very serious stuff. mitt romney has enjoyed a bump in the polls following his debate performance and president obama there is a lot of prosecute you are for him to deliver next week when he is in new york and of course pressure as well on vice president joe biden who will have his debate against paul ryan in kentucky this week. >> all right. we'll talk about his foreign policy plans a little later on in the program. in the meantime, thank you for that. you can stay tuned as well. world is watching closely who will be the next american president. make no mistake, it is not just you and me watching these speeches. we'll go to south africa where some people are offering a bit of advice for the next president of our union. >> a message for the presidential candidates. if you take an interest in africa and take an interest in green issues in africa and have a look at what's happening with our water supplies and education and things like that. >> if you want to be the president of the united states of america,
i can't always say the same. >> funny there, ashley. as you know, this is very serious stuff. mitt romney has enjoyed a bump in the polls following his debate performance and president obama there is a lot of prosecute you are for him to deliver next week when he is in new york and of course pressure as well on vice president joe biden who will have his debate against paul ryan in kentucky this week. >> all right. we'll talk about his foreign policy plans a little later on in the...
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and "outfront," the obama slide. a brand new poll of likely voters showing mitt romney out ahead and leading the president 49-45%. and look at this. since last month, the president is down 6 percentage points in that same poll. n now, it is just one poll, but take a closer look at the numbers and there may be some pretty red flags out there for the incumbent. voters say romney did a better job wednesday night. 66-20% and that has helped change some voters views of governor romney. he's now polled even with obama among voters who see him as a quote strong leader. just last month, romney was trailing in that category, trailing, not just by a little. by 13 points, in fact. another contributing factor to obama's slide, women. this might be a surprise, but women are now evenly divided in their support of the two candidates. take a look at your screen. just last month, obama led romney by 18 points among women, so that is big. and keep in mind obama won this voting block by 13 points in 2008, so it's getting even bigger. a
and "outfront," the obama slide. a brand new poll of likely voters showing mitt romney out ahead and leading the president 49-45%. and look at this. since last month, the president is down 6 percentage points in that same poll. n now, it is just one poll, but take a closer look at the numbers and there may be some pretty red flags out there for the incumbent. voters say romney did a better job wednesday night. 66-20% and that has helped change some voters views of governor romney....
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. >> so wolf, is the obama camp looking to joe biden at this point to try to pick up some of this lost ground at least in the polls anyway? and if so, are they using the expectations game the same way that we saw mitt romney using the expectations game? are they trying to suggest that joe biden might not do that well? >> no, they're pretty confident in joe biden. they think he'll do well. i don't think they believe, and it's probably unrealistic to think that the biden/ryan debate will turn things around all that dramatically unless one of these guys makes a major, major flub, it probably won't. what could turn things around, once again, just as the first debate turned things in romney's favor, what could turn things around is the second presidential debate which is going to be taking place next week. that town hall format. candy crowley of cnn being the moderator for that debate, that could turn things around if the president comes out and does a really great job and romney has an off day, let's say. but, you know, let's get through this vice presidential debate first and see how thes
. >> so wolf, is the obama camp looking to joe biden at this point to try to pick up some of this lost ground at least in the polls anyway? and if so, are they using the expectations game the same way that we saw mitt romney using the expectations game? are they trying to suggest that joe biden might not do that well? >> no, they're pretty confident in joe biden. they think he'll do well. i don't think they believe, and it's probably unrealistic to think that the biden/ryan debate...
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could be 65 million of them eligible to vote make them 24% of the lek tort if they turn out in the same numbers they did in 2008. pew research says the enthusiasm is gone for the hope and change generation. my advice for paul ryan is to make a generational appeal. he's the guy who said we can actually look out for the fiscal future of this next generation by reforming these entitlement programs and saving them for society's most vulnerable while looking out for the future of the millennial. actually make an appeal that the next generation should vote for the romney/ryan ticket. >> it's interesting that joe biden, you know, paul ryan was 2 years old when joe biden got elected senate, but joe biden is going to get the youth vote as of now. >> look, the visual of the old liberal lion who represents these old sort of archaic programs that have actually put us on the course of bankruptcy and a fresh thinking face who actually wants to reform the program, save them for society's most vulnerable is actually a great appeal to the millenial generation. >> i think if you check out the play list f
could be 65 million of them eligible to vote make them 24% of the lek tort if they turn out in the same numbers they did in 2008. pew research says the enthusiasm is gone for the hope and change generation. my advice for paul ryan is to make a generational appeal. he's the guy who said we can actually look out for the fiscal future of this next generation by reforming these entitlement programs and saving them for society's most vulnerable while looking out for the future of the millennial....
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with respect to iraq, we had the same position before the withawal, which was we agreed with the obama administration. the vice president was put in charge of the negotiations by president obama and they failed to get the agreement. we don't have a stat tuls of forces agreement because they failed to get one. that's what we were talking about. when it comes to the veterans, we owe them a great debt of gratitude, including your some, bo. >> thank you. >> but we also want to make sure we don't lose the things we fought so hard to get. and we agreed with the 2014 transition in afghanistan. but what we also want to do is make sure we're not projecting weakness abroad. this benghazi issue would be a tragedy in and of itself. but unfortunately, it's indicative of a broader problem, and that is what we're watching is the unraveling of the obama foreign policy, which is making things more chaotic and us let safe. >> i want to talk to you right in the middle of the crisis, governor romney, and you're talking about this again tonight, talked about the weakness, talked about apologies from the ob
with respect to iraq, we had the same position before the withawal, which was we agreed with the obama administration. the vice president was put in charge of the negotiations by president obama and they failed to get the agreement. we don't have a stat tuls of forces agreement because they failed to get one. that's what we were talking about. when it comes to the veterans, we owe them a great debt of gratitude, including your some, bo. >> thank you. >> but we also want to make sure...
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was that appropriate right in the middle of the crisis in >> on that same day, the obama administration had the exact same position. let's recall, they disavowed their own statement they put out early in the day in cairo. it's never too early to speak out for our values. we should have spoken out right away when the green revolution was starting, when the mullas in iran war attacking their people. we should not have called assad a reformer when he was turning russian provided guns on his own people. we should always stand up for peace, democracy and individual rights and not be imposing these devastating defense cuts. because what that does, when we show -- when we look weak, our enemies are much more willing to test us. and our allies are -- >> with all due respect, that's a bunch of malarkey. >> why is that so? >> nothing he said is accurate. >> be specific. >> i will be very specific. number one, this lecture on embassy security. the congressman here cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we asked for. number one. so much for the embassy security piece. number
was that appropriate right in the middle of the crisis in >> on that same day, the obama administration had the exact same position. let's recall, they disavowed their own statement they put out early in the day in cairo. it's never too early to speak out for our values. we should have spoken out right away when the green revolution was starting, when the mullas in iran war attacking their people. we should not have called assad a reformer when he was turning russian provided guns on his...